1.Belmond Grand Hibernian
The Belmond Grand Hibernian brings a
"shimmering world of indulgence" to the Irish countryside. Its cushy
observation cars offer pristine views from Dublin to Cork or Belfast.
For the 2016 season,
full six-night "Grand Tour of Ireland" journeys are scheduled to run
Tuesday-to-Monday, as these would consist of both the south-westerly
"Legends and Loughs" and northerly "Taste of Ireland"
segments with a change-over for some passengers in Dublin on the Saturday of
each week.
2. TranzAlpine
In New Zealand, the TranzAlpine lets riders take in the epic vistas and awe-inspiring
plains between Christchurch and Greymouth. It covers 139 miles in just under
five hours.
It was introduced on 22 November 1987 to
replace the conventional Christchurch-Greymouth express trains and became one
of the New Zealand Railways Corporation's 'new' tourist oriented passenger
services utilising refurbished rolling stock. Accompanying this new-look train
were a new-look livery and rebranding.
3. Old
Orient Express
The century-old Orient Express transports riders to the golden age of rail
travel, with its four-course dinners and black-tie glamour. It runs from London
to Venice in two days.
The route and rolling stock of the Orient Express
changed many times. Several routes in the past concurrently used the Orient
Express name, or slight variations. Although the original Orient Express was
simply a normal international railway service, the name became synonymous with
intrigue and luxury travel.
4.The Ghan
The Ghan takes riders through the fiery red center of Australia, offering
access to the dramatic scenery and indigenous sites that are off-limits by
other modes of transit.
Construction of what was then known as the Port
Augusta to Government Gums Railway began in 1878 when Premier of South
Australia William Jervois broke ground at Port Augusta. The 1,070 mm (3 ft 6
in) line reached Hawker in June 1880, Beltana in July 1881, Marree in January
1884 and Oodnadatta in January 1891.
5.Trans-Siberian
The Trans-Siberian Railway offers a 14-day excursion through Russia, from
Vladivostok to Moscow, that passes by endless grasslands and Lake Baikal, the
deepest lake on Earth.
It was built between 1891 and 1916 under the
supervision of Russian government ministers personally appointed by Tsar
Alexander III and his son, the Tsarevich Nicholas (later Tsar Nicholas II).
Even before it had been completed, it attracted travellers who wrote of their
adventures.
6.Shongololo
Express
Passage aboard Africa's best affordable railway, the
Shongololo Express,It proposes two different itineraries of a duration of about
fifteen days. One that crosses the most beautiful cities of South Africa from
Johannesburg to Cape Town via Port Elizabeth , the other crosses six African
countries ( Zimbabwe , Zambia , Botswana , Mozambique , South Africa and
Swaziland ) with among others as a highlight, the passage over Victoria Falls
and the Zambezi River .
7.Tren alas Nubes
The Train to the Clouds follows zig-zag tracks across the rugged Andes on
its way from Salta, Argentina, to the Chilean border. It's one of the highest
train rides in the world.
The route was designed by American engineer Richard
Maury, (who later died in Salta) and after whom one of the stations has been
named. The complete railway was inaugurated on 20 February 1948, following
numerous delays and complications and a 2-year period where work was paralyzed
8.Glacier
Express
The Glacier Express connects two major mountain resorts in the Swiss
Alps, giving riders a whirlwind tour of Switzerland's snowy peaks, mountain
meadows, and storybook villages.
The trip on the Glacier Express is a 7½ hour railway
journey across 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the Oberalp Pass on
the highest point at 2,033 m (6,670 ft) in altitude. The entire line is metre
gauge (narrow gauge railway), and large portions of it use a rack-and-pinion
system both for ascending steep grades and to control the descent of the train
on the back side of those grades.
9.Royal
Rajasthan on Wheels
Royal Rajasthan on Wheels is a luxury resort aboard a train — complete
with a spa — that takes riders past India's temples, forts, and Taj Mahal on a
seven-night passage.
The 14 luxury cabins housed within the Royal Rajasthan on Wheels have been
named after some erstwhile royal palace of Rajasthan. Categorized into Deluxe
and Super Deluxe saloons, these cabins come equipped with amenities such as
Wi-Fi internet, Satellite TV, Channel music system and Individual temperature
control.Deluxe saloons have three cabins Ruby.
10.VIA
Rail Canada
Passengers of the Canadian spend three days watching golden prairie
fields, rugged lake country, and picturesque towns pass by their dome cars from
Toronto to Vancouver.
Yearly passenger levels on Canada's passenger trains
peaked at 60 million during World War II. Following the war the growth of air
travel and the personal automobile caused significant loss of mode share for
Canada's passenger train operators.
11.California
Zephyr
There's no better way to see the heartland of America than the California
Zephyr, a railway that climbs the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada before
descending to the Pacific Coast.
During year 2016, the California Zephyr carried more than 410,000 passengers, an increase
of 10.8% on 2015. The train had a total revenue of $51.4m in 2016 The
California Zephyr is part of Amtrak's long distance national network and
partial funding for it is provided by the federal government.
12.Belgrade–Bar railway
The Belgrade to Bar railway takes passengers over 435 bridges and through
254 tunnels from Serbia's capital to the shores of the Adriatic in Montenegro,
in about 10 hours.
The decision to build the railway connection between
Belgrade and Bar was made in 1952, as a national project of the SFRY. However,
the construction was passed to the constituent Republics, SR Serbia and SR
Montenegro, to build on their own.
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